Part of the population of 10,800 hawks at a

national park are building a nest. A random

sample of 72 hawks shows that 12 of them

are building a nest. Estimate the number of

hawks building a nest in the population.

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Ariana

28 October, 00:06

Part of the population of 10,800 hawks at a

national park are building a nest. A random

sample of 72 hawks shows that 12 of them

are building a nest. Estimate the number of

hawks building a nest in the population.

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Savannah Mcgee · Answer 1

If 12 hawks in 72 are buildings nests, we can say that the portion of hawks building nests is 12/72, or 1/6. Multiply 1/6 by 10800, which gives 1800 hawks building nests

Part of the population of 10,800 hawks at anational park are building a nest. A randomsample of 72 hawks shows that 12 of themare building a nest. Estimate the number ofhawks building a nest in the population.

Part of the population of 10,800 hawks at a

national park are building a nest. A random

sample of 72 hawks shows that 12 of them

are building a nest. Estimate the number of

hawks building a nest in the population.